All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

The absurd is the essential concept and the first truth.

Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.

Truth is mysterious, elusive, always to be conquered. Liberty is dangerous, as hard to live with as it is elating. We must march toward these two goals, painfully but resolutely, certain in advance of our failings on so long a road.

A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

The only real progress lies in learning to be wrong all alone.

Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

Man wants to live, but it is useless to hope that this desire will dictate all his actions.

To insure the adoration of a theorem for any length of time, faith is not enough, a police force is needed as well.

Beauty is about perception, not about make-up. I think the beginning of all beauty is knowing and liking oneself. You can't put on make-up, or dress yourself, or do you hair with any sort of fun or joy if you're doing it from a position of correction.

Today I see beauty everywhere I go, in every face I see, in every single soul.

Beauty has a lot to do with character.

That's why I began doing makeup in the first place: I was hoping that through helping people see the beauty in themselves, I could try and find it in me.

While traveling around the world, I've had the opportunity to work with every living beauty icon. I've learned to appreciate idiosyncrasy. The fact is, there is really no such thing as 'normal' - everybody's different, and that is the essence of their beauty.

Soon I realized that if beauty equalled forgiveness, I was never going to be forgiven.

Fear is the most debilitating emotion in the world, and it can keep you from ever truly knowing yourself and others - its adverse effects can no longer be overlooked or underestimated. Fear breeds hatred, and hatred has the power to destroy everything in its path.

Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.

My entire mission in life is to help women take over the world. Not by force (the route so many men have taken since the beginning of time), but with compassion, perseverance, and love.

I'd rather have huge success and huge failures than travel in the middle of the road.

Growing up, my ideals were Barbra Streisand, Cher, and my mom.

I'm not saying that putting on makeup will change the world or even your life, but it can be a first step in learning things about yourself you may never have discovered otherwise. At worst, you could make a big mess and have a good laugh.

Life is too short to spend hoping that the perfectly arched eyebrow or hottest new lip shade will mask an ugly heart.

If I wanted to be famous, I could have been famous before.

Liza, I love you more than any words can say. You have made me a complete person. You are everything to me. And I cannot think of living life without you. And I love you forever.

She got the magazine on a Wednesday morning, and on Thursday announced our marriage was over.

I can help a lot of other people who've gone through the same thing by building a center that will help men and women who don't have the funds to take care of themselves and get the medical treatment.

Stay true to yourself, yet always be open to learn. Work hard, and never give up on your dreams, even when nobody else believes they can come true but you. These are not cliches but real tools you need no matter what you do in life to stay focused on your path.

It's really interesting how music can knock down a wall and be an open connection between you and someone else where something else can't. When music comes along, it just opens your heart a little more.

A friend is what the heart needs all the time.

There is a loftier ambition than merely to stand high in the world. It is to stoop down and lift mankind a little higher.

What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes of us.

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.

A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

To desire and strive to be of some service to the world, to aim at doing something which shall really increase the happiness and welfare and virtue of mankind - this is a choice which is possible for all of us; and surely it is a good haven to sail for.

Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we have, but on what we are.

Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest.

Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.

There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.

In the progress of personality, first comes a declaration of independence, then a recognition of interdependence.

Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

Gratitude is the inward feeling of kindness received. Thankfulness is the natural impulse to express that feeling. Thanksgiving is the following of that impulse.

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars.

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.